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Demographics of Canine Athletes - survey

Posted on behalf of Dr. Chris Zink PhD, DVM, DACVSMR

"I have designed an anonymous survey to help people learn more about the needs of canine athletes. It seems hard to believe to those of us who are passionate about canine sports, but there is hardly ANY research being done on injuries and conditions specifically affecting canine athletes. One of the big reasons is that the demographics of canine athletes and their people are not well known. This survey will start to change that.

So please go to the following URL and fill out the survey. It should take less than 10 minutes of your time - time well spent!"

I took a look too....great idea, but I cannot imagine why they would not list just "hunting" as a sport...along with working herding dogs that don't compete, police dogs, etc., yet they consider conformation as a sport? So it's not really a canine athlete survey, it's a competition survey and as such, will really help with nothing. I didn't finish it.

If the survey only reaches the target audience via the Internet how many prospective responders will be missed because the demographics of the target audience includes a group that is not Internet active.

If the survey only reaches the target audience via the Internet how many prospective responders will be missed because the demographics of the target audience includes a group that is not Internet active.

I agree, but it's a start. Hope it gets spread to other forums to include as many canine athletes as possible. As for categories not listed like hunting or working dogs, if enough people add their activity of choice into the "other" category they may be included at a later date. I added "hunting" there.